Local group starts series of conversations on Black mental health

COLUMBUS, Ohio — One organization started a series of conversations addressing and understanding the impact of police violence on Black mental health, particularly for Black women. Black women were able to share their experiences with police in a safe space.  What You Need To Know One mental health practice started a series on how police violence impacts Black mental health with how it affects Black women’s mental health This is a community-led conversation series that will take place in cities across the state The goal is to bring awareness and understanding of how police violence can impact mental health and add to generational trauma within marginalized communities  Jewel Woods, founder of Male Behavioral Health, said he started this series because he believes there are some gaps between understanding how police violence is affecting marginalized groups and institutional betrayal trauma, also known as IBT.  “It is a gendered-based way of paying specialized attention to some of the uniqueness regarding the intersections of race and gender, particularly for Black women,” he said. Woods said he got into the mental health field because he feels men should be held accountable if their behavior leads to harm and anguish. This series of community conversations...